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Journal by kolie
whats up soylentils. any good meta discussion of soylent we care to have?
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Chess tonight.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday October 22, @03:53PM (19 children)
You are going round and round in the same arguments, and in particular with a post that occurred over 4 years ago. EVERYBODY can express their opinion. If you don't like it then ARGUE your case against whatever is said. This is a discussion site - not somewhere for you to keep complaining over something that is well in the past.
You are the snowflake - you cannot let one particular comment alone. It was wrong and his statement was ridiculed and contested by numerous posts. Nevertheless he is entitled to an opinion and he can state it if he wishes.
The current activities in the US are wrong in my opinion and it seems also in yours - so get outside and change it. This is NOT the place for making your own political stand in everyone else's journals. I haven't told anyone to leave. But you have that option open to you if you don't like hearing other peoples' views. It is your own personal choice.
Where I have made mistakes I have apologised publicly. I have no problem with doing that. You do enough character assassination of others to keep this site topped up - I have no need to do any more. You have repeatedly criticised Runaway. Why? Didn't you say it correctly the first time? Why do you keep dragging up one single example every time you lose your temper.
You shared an account. You did those things that the comments stated. You have admitted the moderations which have the account name next to each one. But if your story is true then there is absolutely nothing you can produce to prove it. In my opinion parts of it are not even credible. It is also in the past. I have told you that if you wish to comment on-topic any any of the discussions I have no problem with you remaining on this site.
If you want to lecture people then get a job in a school, college or university. This is a community site - you can be part of the community or you can choose to go elsewhere.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday October 22, @03:57PM (18 children)
I will have to correct myself - Runaway1956 made that comment in 2018! Let it go, you will feel better for it.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 22, @07:47PM
Your original statement was actually correct. A comment from 2018 is, indeed, more than four years old. As for the comment you're replying to, I believe this applies: https://xkcd.com/386/ [xkcd.com].
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @03:56AM (14 children)
You spend so much time tilting at windmills you don't see the monsters right next to you.
To address your new point I bet you want everyone to forget the Nazis. They were so long ago and have no possible relevance today, said no one.
Odd though, for you of all people to want others to let something go. Weird take dudebro.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 23, @07:23AM (13 children)
I am posting this as myself - not as a site administrator.
I am older than you. I do not wish to forget the Nazis. I lost several family members during that war. I have also spent my life in the military fighting against the sort of thing that you are objecting to. I have seen first hand man's cruelty to his fellow man. I have also seen what discrimination against race and religion can do. I have personally witnessed far more terrible things that the current situation in the US can eventually lead to. Prison camps, rape, torture, mutilation, the erasure of entire towns and villages, the mass graves of thousands of people. I have seen the fear in people's eyes and the look of terror on children's faces. I will not forget what I have seen, nor will I forget what I and others like me achieved by fighting against it. It is far from being a perfect world, but it is better than what it might have been.
This site is not the place for that battle. Go and fight it somewhere where you will actually achieve something. Leave your keyboard and go outside to help those who need it. Hiding on a techie discussion site behind your anonymity is wasting your time and preventing others from discussing interesting topics. You will eventually have to talk and listen to the other side, no matter which side you are currently on. Begin by analysing what they say to try to understand what their issues are. Engage them in discussion - exactly what this site is intended for.
Over half the votes collected during the last election appear to have supported your government. Go and address that problem instead of continually verbally insulting a handful of people on here. People with different views exist, and they always will. You, individually and as a country, will have to find a solution to the current problems and learn to live with each other again. Stop being a coward and begin to follow that path.
Show me one comment that you have posted on this site that attempts to find a solution rather than showing your fear of those who hold a different view to yourself. But don't you dare accuse me of protecting those you fear. If something similar happens here I am prepared and willing personally to fight against it again. Are you?
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @02:24PM (12 children)
"That person is advocating genocide, what a shit thing to do."
"That person is pushing Nazi ideology, what an asshile."
"That person is engaging in stochastic terrorism, maybe we shouldn't have that kind of talk here."
"Hey moron put down Fox News"
Admin of speech: "You are an idiot that doesn't understand. They didn't say anything illegal, now get censored and harrassed even when you don't break my arbitrary rules. Get insulted dumbass, I get to break all the rules! We call anything we don't like SPAM!"
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The one silencing dissent is you. Find a solution? Yeah, tell Nazis to stop being Nazis, educate them on what their blind acceptance of corporate media is prompting them to support. You censor and harrass comments that do not even break your rules.
You could be more full of shit but it would require some serious effort. Instead you engage in hypocrisy while defending fascists. Please don't be surprised that your anecdotes are not believed. You literally defended the genocide comment as something you would say also. If words don't mean things then stfu already. I am back to thinking you are some manipulative douche with a fake persona because you behave like a barely restrained power tripping edgelord. Don't want people espousing Nazi rhetoric to feel uncomfortable now do we?/puke
Buncha goddamn snowflakes never could take their own medicine.
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Ok, I'll address your last bit of humor.
Nice, you updated your harrassment narrative with new insults. I have posted many comments about real solutions, rightwingers want power not problem solving. Can't lead Nazis to water, etc. No comment ID since search does not work without a site subscription, funny that.
But you have, repeatedly. I have tested out your claims by making similar but less violent comments (no personal attack of site users) as the rightwing terrorists and you immediately came to their defense by trying to silence me.
I think we saved yall from the fascists enough while you said you will not help us. Are you trying to claim you fought in WWII? No matter, sounds like teen fantasy fluff to me. Personally I take the box solution hierarchy seriously which is why I get annoyed at those who try and take away the first box. Double for those that take away the first box but only for some.
I have repeatedly said I do not want to censor anyone, other than IF you want polite discussions than stop allowing racism. The site voted and agreed, yet oddly every time I pointed out racist comments you got dismissive and told me to moderate with my non-existant account. Shocking.
"I will happily see 50 million dead liberals if it saves my kids from a future of brown people."
Genocidal and racist, and you defended it saying you would say the same thing if being invaded. Genocide is a specific term buddy, no amount of tough guy insults is going to change what you've said and done.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @02:55PM (11 children)
That is a bug.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @05:06PM (3 children)
Does not matter anyway, the request was not in good faith same as the various lies that admin has never taken responsibility for. For a hot minute I believed their professed good intentions, but then their words and actions demonstrated the truth. Maybe they are useful idiots, who knows on the net these days. Bad operators abound and sock puppet like crazy, and this site is perfectly designed for it with management that gets very suspicious.
(Score: 2) by kolie on Thursday October 23, @05:30PM (2 children)
Ya dumb. Any story i'll dump it all ( SID ) or cid, lmk and we can peruse some flagged commentry. Doesn't seem like you want to take me up on that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @06:12PM (1 child)
I did not make the request. Personal attacks are against the rules, I fully expect you to give yourself a 2 week timeout.
(Score: 2) by kolie on Thursday October 23, @06:48PM
"the request was not in good faith same as the various lies that admin has never taken responsibility for"
Ya this is dumb. More sizzle no steak.
"For a hot minute I believed their professed good intentions, but then their words and actions demonstrated the truth."
Ya this is dumb and a red herring. Words and actions have literally been "What the fuck are you attempting to complain about".
"Maybe they are useful idiots, who knows on the net these days. Bad operators abound and sock puppet like crazy, and this site is perfectly designed for it with management that gets very suspicious."
More complaints, more FUD, no substance.
Where was the personal attack here? Oh that's right. Calling out the random noise that isn't helpful for what it is - empty whinging. Have a fucking point, back it up, and then maybe people will know wtf you have a problem with other than "ADMINS BADDD"
(Score: 2) by kolie on Thursday October 23, @05:32PM (6 children)
I don't think that's the case. I don't login and I can use search fine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @06:09PM (3 children)
Hey you fixed it. Funny thing, content that should be there is gone. Even Runaway's infamous 50 million dead liberals is gone unless I missed one. Looks like now it is just him whining about 50 million illegals.
Even with the excuse of database backup errors losing multiple months this is not a good look. Thanks for remindimg me to check the search function, it has only reinforced the suspicion that fuckery does indeed go on here :)
Can't speak for anyone else, but all my efforts are to make this place better by reducing admin abuse and encouraging more transparency. Statements like yours again reinforce that there is a lot of narrative control while ostensibly supporting free speech.
I'll fuck off now, give you some time to build your paradise. When I check back in I hope there is less tolerance for manipulative genociders and more tolerance of criticism.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by kolie on Thursday October 23, @06:29PM
I mean - I've given every opportunity for you to point to specific examples or cases, of when these things happen. Other than vague accusations - or specific issues or instances of this kind of thing - all I get are the assertions that there is shit wrong and nothing to back it up.
(Score: 2) by kolie on Thursday October 23, @06:31PM
Read this comment again:
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=65564&page=1&cid=1421786#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday October 23, @07:18PM
kolie saw the comment claiming that search did not work. It does for most people but perhaps you are an edge case. So he is now working on it to ensure that it will work for everyone - including ACs (and it already works for those ACs who have tried it).
All you can do is criticise him for investigating a problem. He is working in that area of code as we speak. And you are still complaining and making it sound as though kolie is trying to hide data or something. You are ungrateful to say the least.
It seems like you didn't like having your complaints called out. He wants you to give him more details. He cannot guess what problems you are perceiving. Now would be a good time for you to prove your case. You allege that there are so many examples, in which case it shouldn't take you more than a few minutes to present some of them.
People did moderate Runaway1956 adversely for his comments. There was a lot of subsequent discussion, almost all of it critical of what had been written. Nobody is going to go back and add another down-mod to a comment that is already 7 years old. What else do you expect? Why don't you trying engaging with him and discovering what he wants for the future?
We are tolerant of everyone. I defended aristarchus' right to express himself, and I will defend Runaway's right to do the same. I don't agree with either of them on many things. I'm not sure, but it seems that you want people removed from the site because you have a different political viewpoint from them. That isn't very 'free' speech in my opinion. If it is legal under US law then people can say it on this site.
[nostyle RIP 06 May 2025]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 24, @12:51AM (1 child)
FWIW, the search function is a heavy operation for the backend and storage even with a lot of the hard work done by Sphinx. I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't the first thing to start creaking under heavy load. In fact, UI tests often target search as their primary endpoint in many places that do automated tests for responsiveness because it is more sensitive to load conditions.
(Score: 2) by kolie on Friday October 24, @12:59AM
Accurate.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @11:30AM
He wrote it in 2018, but I have the feeling 'Ol Runsaway still wants to murder all us progressives. He never took it back, or apologized.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 23, @02:41PM
"Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
Jean Paul Sartre
You are here -> "loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."